Drew Richmond is familiar with the conventional wisdom when it comes to being a highly-recruited athlete in Memphis: The basketball players usually stay home, and the football players don't.

But the Memphis University School junior offensive lineman had a conversation recently with Damian Prince, a five-star lineman from Maryland, that got him thinking. Prince, a 2014 recruit from Forestville, Md., stayed home and signed with Maryland over South Carolina and Florida. So might Richmond do the same?

"I see the vision at Memphis," Richmond said Thursday. "(Prince) ended up going to Maryland, and they're not much better than Memphis. He saw the vision and wanted to do it for the city. I see the vision with Coach (Justin) Fuente."

Richmond will attend the U of M's second junior day camp this weekend, and he'll be joined by, among many others, a fellow Top 100 prospect in Rock Bridge (Mo.) receiver Alex Ofodile. While Memphis is still considered a long shot to land Richmond, he's willing to listen to their pitch.

The 4-star lineman, ranked 32nd overall by Rivals.com, is already familiar with the Tigers. He's been to three basketball games this year and is in consistent contact with the football staff.

Richmond also has relationships with Ohio State's Urban Meyer, Alabama's Nick Saban, Tennessee's Butch Jones and other big-name coaches around the country. He's operating with a list, he said, of approximately 15 schools — including Ohio State, Tennessee and Ole Miss. Most recruiting experts at 247Sports.com predict he'll go to Tennessee or Ohio State.

But as Fuente attempts to make in-roads in Memphis, he'll host a big-time local recruit this weekend who believes in him and doubles as a genuine fan of the enterprise.

"It's not just about me," Richmond said. "I want to see Memphis win a national championship, whether I go there or not. I don't want it to just be about me, the big guy they're going after. I just want to see Memphis succeed."